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Australia’s first orbital-class rocket didn’t make it far off the launch pad
The last attempt to launch a satellite from Australian soil was in 1971, when the British Black Arrow rocket lifted off from ...
Australia's First Orbital Rocket Crashes Seconds After Historic Launch
On Wednesday, July 30, 2025, the Australia-made Eris rocket designed by Gilmour Space Technologies launched an orbital ...
NASA Crew-11 astronauts to launch on SpaceX rocket from Kennedy Space Center Thursday
NASA's next crew of astronauts are set to launch on a SpaceX rocket to the International Space Station. Liftoff is set for ...
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India rolls out rocket for July 30 launch of powerful NISAR Earth-observing satellite (video)
On July 24, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) rolled the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) spacecraft ...
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Australian Eris Rocket Clears Lauchpad in First Test, Crashes Shortly After
Gilmour Space, an Australian aerospace company, conducted the first test launch of its Eris rocket this week, to muted success. Although the rocket managed to (slowly) clear the launchpad, it failed ...
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Australian-made rocket crashes after launch
The first Australian-made rocket to attempt to reach orbit from the country’s soil crashed after 14 seconds of flight on ...
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China launches new group of Guowang satellites from commercial spaceport
China launches new group of Guowang satellites from commercial spaceport China launched a sixth batch of Guowang ...
‘This is part of the journey’: Aussie rocket launch attempt ends in failure
Gilmour Space Technologies Chief Executive Adam Gilmour discusses his company’s first rocket launch attempt. “This is part of ...